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...running and passing of our men was very fine, Morison, Ayers and Wesselhoeft doing the best rushing. For Columbia Morgan did the best work, but he was seriously injured in the face about the end of the first three-quarters by colliding with one of the Columbia men. The contest was conducted very good-naturedly by both sides, the Columbia team being very fair and gentlemanly, and although some of the Columbia spectators displayed an unfriendly spirit once or twice during the game, still at the end they all joined in a hearty cheer for Harvard. The teams were...
...their strength. In the newspaper reports of their games they are careful to allow few complimentary remarks to steal in. Yet all this while they are working as they never worked before; they are straining every fibre of strength that the college can boast, and when the great contest with Yale comes, their powers will be unmasked, but not till then...
After a long contest, the will of Barbara Scott, an eccentric and miserly woman in Montreal, has been pronounced valid. She willed a large property to public objects, giving $40,000 to McGill University for the foundation of a school of engineering, and leaving the remainder to hospitals, churches and public benefit institutions...
...United States, is peculiarly gratifying to Harvard. Of course all chances are open to the college to win the championship this year in other, and perhaps more important events, but in none have we complete assurance of success - in foot-ball, in base-ball and on the Thames the contest will evidently be unusually close this season. The championship in lacrosse, thanks only to the steady efforts and excellent work of the team, is now assured...
...Harvard, Yale and Princeton University elevens are all stronger teams than those of '81, and the contest for the pennant this month promises to lead to a very exciting series of games. - [N. Y. World...